Now we're into May and I'm sitting under a passing thunderstorm. Not a hovering wet mass like in KY, TN, MS. Just enough to water the newly dug and planted garden.

I've been planting according to what I want to eat, but also according to what I want to give away. Any other gardeners who work this way? It seems so easy, there's a spot where you can stick something so you might as well. I'm going to grow okra this year, and my next door neighbor, who hasn't had good luck growing it, will show me how to cook it (not boiled!) in exchange for probably eating most of what grows. Seems they get pretty tall down here.

SRS